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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 32
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
CONSTRUCTION FIGURES
SHOW LARGE GAIN
Raleigh, June 18.—Construction
permits issued in 119 North Caro
lina cities during May show resi
dential building increased 254 per
cent while non-nesidential types
gained 225 per cent over the same
month last year, the state depart
ment of labor reported today.
The report shows that permits
were issued for 442 projects call
ing for expenditures of $864,236.
Repairs and alterations were
shown to have decreased 5 per
cent.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
SECURITY BILL ARGUED
Washington, June 18.—The
constitutionality question, jinx of
some other administration pro
grams, today was raised against
the social security legislation in a
closely divided senate debate over
the Clark amendment to exempt
private old age pension systems.
Argument over that amendment
threatened to delay a final vote
on the complex and controversial
program President Roosevelt said
would remove some of the hazards
of modern life.
STATE'S SHARE
MAY BE $50,000,000
Washington, June 18.—A re
port was circulating among offi
cials here today that North Car
olina's share of the four billion
dollar work relief fund would be
around $50,000,000. The idea
seems to be to allocate the funds
to the states on the basis of the
people on the relief rolls, or the
unemployed list in the various
sections.
PARALYSIS CASE
IN LENOIR COUNTY
it ins ton, June 18.—Lenoir coun
ty is no longer a white spot on the
infatlle paralysis map with num
erous cases in surrounding coun
ties. Lenoir remained singularly
free from the disease until today
when the health department re
ported Carrie May Freeman, ne
gro infant of Kinston. to be suf
fering from it. The department
said a child in another neighbor
hood had developed symptoms.
TWO DIE IN
WAKE FROM PARALYSIS
Raleigh, June It.—Two deaths
in Wake county today resulting
from infantile paralysis brought
to seven the number of fatalities
from the disease in the current
outbreak in North Carolina in
which 153 eases have been re
ported.
PROJECTS BEGUN
IN JONESYILLE
Work Under Way On
Addition To School
Building
Considerable construction work is
under way in Jonesville, Including
road work and the construction of ad
ditional school facilities. In addi
tion land has been purchased
for a recreation ground and as a
site for a gymnasium adjoining the
Jonesville school.
A highway one and one-half mile
In length, joining the Jonesville and
Howell schools, is now under con
struction, it being an ERA project.
Construction work on an eleven
room addition to Jonesville high
school is well underway. A five-acre
tract of land to be used as a recrea
tion ground and a site for a gym
nasium site was purchased by the
Jonesville commissioners a short
while ago.
Plans are under way for a new
two-story school building for negroes.
Although this project is pending,
those in charge are said to have
every assurance that it will be built.
Vacation Bible School
To Get Under Way 24th
The annual daily vacation Bible
school will begin at the First Bap
tist church Monday morning at 8:30
and will continue through Wednes
day of the following week. Classes
will be held daily at 8:30. All
children in the community from 4
to 16 years of age, regardless of reli
gious are invited to at
tend.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
"Dizzy" Has Troubles
ST. LOUIS . . . Jerome "Dizzy"
Dean (above), talked a great deal
last winter after starring in the
world series play. This year he has
had a hard time winning games for
the St. Louis Cardinals, the climax
being a near riot with his own team
mates at Pittsburgh. "Dizzy" is
troubled and meek now . . . and says
he's sorry.
MRS. M. F. GREGORY
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Beloved Jonesville Wo
man Passes Away
Tuesday Morning
Mrs. Jane Goforth Gregory, 71,
wife of M. F. Gregory, passed away
at her home in Jonesville Tuesday
morning at 8:50, following a two
weeks' critical illness from a compli
cation of diseases.
The deceased was one of Jones
ville's most beloved women, having
made her home there for the past
forty years. She was a native of
Wilkes county. Mrs. Gregory was a
devout member of the Jonesville
Baptist church.
Funeral services were held from
the Jonesville Baptist church Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and
interment was in the Jonesville
cemetery. The rites were in charge
of Rev. R. E. Adams.
She is survived by her husband
and the following daughters and
sons: Mrs. M. F. Roberson, Hudson;
Mrs. G. E. Mangum, Danville, Va.;
Mrs. Ellis Coon, Pinnacle; Mrs. T.
L. Triplett, Van Nuys, California;
Mrs. S. -T. Eskridge, Mrs. W. M.
Stroud and Parks and Rome Greg
ory, Jonesville, and Tyre Gregory,
Charlotte. Several grandchildren
and great-grandeiui(li«n also sur
vive.
HOME OWNERS' LOAN
EXPIRES JUNE 27TH
Applications For Loans
Won't Be Accepted
After That Date
Salisbury, June 15. —The attention
of home owners in distress who de
sire aid of the Home Owner;' Loan
Corporation, was today called to the
fact that under the amendment of
the HOLC Act, recently passed ny
Congress, the period for filing new
applications will expire at midnight,
June 27th, 1935. After that date, it
was stated by T. C. Abernethy, State
Manager of the Corporation here,
no applications will be received from
home owners who are in distress
and who are eligible under the law
for assistance, and he urged that all
those desiring assistance file their
application at once.
Mr. Abernethy stated that regula
tions, as to eligibility, remain virtu
ally unchanged, and those desiring
complete explanation of what cases
are eligible may receive it,either by
calling at the State Office, Post Of
fice Building, Salisbury, N. C., or
one of the District Offices, or by
writing for full information. Office
hours of the Corporation, for the
summer, became effective two or
three weeks ago, and are from 8:30
A. M. to 4:30 P. M. Mr. Abernethy
stated that these hours have been
changed, for the convenience of the
public, and application clerks will be
on hand in the State and District
Offices until 5:30 and later every
afternoon until the time limit for
filing applications expires, /
District offices are located as fol
lows: Ralsigh, Charlotte, Greensboro,
Asheville and Greenville.
Sparta Farmer Injured
In Fall From Machine
Rufe Richardson, farmer, of the
Sparta community, is in fee local
hospital suffering from a severe skull
fracture sustained in a fall from a
mowing machine Monday. Mr.
Richardson'* condition Is regarded as
serious.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935
MAJOR PROGRAM OF
IMPROVING COUNTY
SCHOOLS PLANNED
Would Secure $200,000
Allotment From Pub
lic Works Fund
WOULD AID ELKIN
A major program of improving the
county's school facilities is being
worked out by County Superinten
dent of Education John W. Comer,
which, if approved by the county
board of commissioners, will be com
pleted and forwarded to the proper
officials in Raleigh for action.
Mr. Comer was present at a meet
ing of the commissioners at Dobson
Monday, but due to the absence of
one of the board through illness, no
action was taken.
The superintendent of education
proposes to secure an allotment of
$200,000 from the Public Works
fund, 45 per cent of which would
be a grant or donation from the na
tional administration and the re
maining 55 per cent to be a loan to
the county at four per cent interest
payable in 20 years.
Mr. Comer has conferred on sev
eral occasions with officials in Ral
eigh who are directing the relief pro
grams 111 this state and he has the
assurance of their approval of his
school building program in the coun
ty.
The larger projects contemplated
in Mr. Comer's plan follow:
A modern school building at
Shoals; four room addition to Beu
lah school: six room addition to
Westfield school; a new building at>
Elkin, to consist of 10 to 12 rooms,
this to be in addition to the pres
ent building; considerable enlarge
ment of the school facilities in Mt.
Airy, which would probably be the
rebuilding and enlarging of the old
section of the Rockford street school
building, adding 10 to 12 rooms to
the present capacity of the plant.
Mr. Comer is of the opinion the
county will be willing to secure the
funds for this project throughout the
county including the work in the
towns of Elkin and Mount Airy. At
the same time the cities are also at
liberty to make applications for
public works funds to make addi
tional improvements in their school
plants or for other municipal pur
poses.
Threshers Must Keep
Account of Quantity
It is the duty of every person,
firm or corporation, who engage in
Surry or any other county in the
state, to keep a complete and accu
rate record of the acreage harvested
amounts threshed for each farm, it
was learned Tuesday from W. M.
Gray, Surry county register of deeds.
Everyone engaged in threshing
should promptly make, upon blanks
to be furnished by the register of
deeds, reports showing acreage har
vested and amounts threshed during
the preceeding season. A violation
of these provisions is punishable by
a fine of not exceeding $25, pro
vided the register of deeds shall give
30-days' notice before indictment is
made. In case a report is made
within the 30-days period no indict
ment will be made.
A charge of 50 cents will be made
this year for license.
Blanketeers Victors Over
Lynchburg Shoemen
Meeting the touted Shoemen of
Craddodk-Terry on their home
field at Lynchburg Saturday and
Sunday, the Chatham Blanketeers
lifted their first scalp of the se
ries to win 7-6 in the first game
and came back Sunday to com
pletely rout their opponents 13 to
2.
In Saturday's game a six run
outburst in the eighth gave the
Blanketeers their victory in a
game marked by the exceptional
defensive play of the Lynchburg
team. Corky Cornelius, with a
circuit blow, claimed a large share
of the glory by scoring the tieing
and winning runs.
Stockton started for Chatham
and although not hit hard he let
the Shoemen run wild about the
bases, six stolen bags being at
tributed directly to him, all lead
ing to scofes. He did not come
out for the fifth and Campbell
took over the mound, yielding on
y two hits in five Innings, and top-
President Greets Shriners
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WASHINGTON . . . Imperial Potentate Dana S. Williams, with other
Nobles of the Mystic Shrike, visited the White House to receive hearty
greetings from their brother Noble, President Roosevelt, as the Shriners
gathered here for the Sixty-First Imperial Conclave, June 9th.
Pension Checks Are
Distributed to Old
Soldiers of County
Pension checks, totalling $8,870,
have Men distributed during the
past week to a total of 75 Surry
county veterans and widows of
veterans of the War Between the
States.
Two veterans have died since
the first of the year, leaving wily
16 Confederate soldiers in the en
tire county. Fifty-nine widows of
veterans survive.
TEER LOW BIDDER
ON PARK HIGHWAY
First 12 Mile Section To
Be Constructed In
This Vicinity
Bids for construction of the stretch
of scenic highway leading southward
from the North Carolina-Virginia
line above Lowgap to its intersection
with ,N. C. highway 26 in Alleghany
county, were opened Wednesday af
ternoon in Roanoke, Va., at the of
fice of the federal bureau of roads.
The lowest bid was made by Nello
L. Teer, Durham contractor.
Teer's bid for the job was $363,-
837.50, provided the 4,100 feet of cul
vert piping to be used is made "of
cast iron. His alternate bid, calling
for the use of reinforced concrete
culvert pipe, was $365,862.50. Ten
other bids were opened.
The xoad is to be built for 12.4
miles, which will be the first stretch
to be constructed in this section and
will be one of the links which will
form a 200-mile parkway from the
Virginia line to the Tennessee line,
eventually connecting the Shenan
doah and Great Smokies national
parks.
ping off his performance by retir
ing the side in the last two in
nings.
Weston led for Chatham at bat
with three singles, but Cornelius
was the most troublesome player
to retire. The former Duke ace
went to bat five times, slammed
out a homer, walked three times
and reached first base on an error.
Bond, for Lynchburg, pounded out
a double and a single to lead his
mates with the stick.
Sunday Chatham took the field
to give the Shoemen their worst
defeat In the history of the club.
Two Lynchburg pitchers, Mosby
and Qarbee, were unable to hold
Chatham in check and they were
further handicapped - by sloppy
fielding on the part of their
mates.
Chatham slammed up seven
markers in the second inning, at
the same time slamming Mosby
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ELKIN FURNITURE
TO PLAY BIG PART
Complete Line of New
Samples Shipped to
Furniture Show
Merchandise made in Elkin will
again play an important part in the
national furniture show at Chicago
opening on July 8. A complete line
of new samples has been shipped by
the Elkin Furniture company to Its
display space in the American Furn
iture Mart, it was announced yes
terday.
At the Mart, the line will be seen
by thousands of buyers from retail
furniture and department stores in
every state. Between 6,000 and 7,-
000 buyers are expected to attend
the market in the two weeks of
July 8 to 20.
Included in this season's new sam
ples arc new creations in modern
and colonial maple bedroom suites,
also including attractive new de
signs in modernistic and Borax wal
nut finished suites.
In charge 'of the local market ex
hibit will be M. A. Biggs and M. R.
Bailey, who will leave soon for Chi
cago. The company's salesmen,
from all territories, will also be in
Chicago to meet their customers at
the show.
A successful market is anticipated
for this summer, according to word
received by Mr. Bailey from the
American Furniture Mart. Attend
ance of buyers throughout the spring
has been running 40 per cent ahead
of last year, indicating that the re
tail stores are in the market for new
merchandise.
As the Furniture Mart will be
closed to the public, consumers will
not see the new models until they
reach the floors of the retail stores
later in the new season.
To Hold Sunday School
Here Sunday Evening
Admittedly an experiment to see
if Sunday school attendance will
pick up, the Sunday school hour at
the Elkin Methodist church next
Sunday will be changed from the
usual hour of 9:45 a. m. until eight
o'clock p. m., it. was learned Tues
day from J. Q. Abemethy, super
intendent.
Mr. Abernethy stated' that there
will be but two services Sunday,
preaching at the regular 11 o'clock
hour in the morning and Sunday
school in the evening.
Everyont; is urged to attend both
services.
Surry Man Is Named
Highway Safety Head
Arthur P. Fulk. of Pilot Mountain,
formerly deputy collector of revenue, |
has been selected as director of the
state division of highway safety, it
was announced Tuesday by A. J.
Maxwell, commissioner of revenue.
Mr. Fulk will assume office on
July 1. The highway safety division
will be a subsection of the depart
ment of revenue.
The new director, a World War
veteran, has served since July. 1933,
as a deputy collector of revenue in
Surry, Stokes and Alleghany coun
ties.
ELKIN \ MBa
Gateway to >-
Roaring | a
Gap and the
Bine Ridge -~~~T
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FARMERS TO VOTE
JUNE 25 ON AAA
TOBACCO PROGRAM
Tobacco Section of Act
Expires With This
Year's Crop •
ALL SHOULD VOTE
An election will be held in Surry
county Tuesday, June 25, among to
bacco farmers to decide whether the
tobacco section of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act will be continued or
allowed to lapse upon the harvesting
of this year's crop. Present con
tracts expire this season.
Voting places in the different
townships of the county follow, and
all farmers ate urged to be sure to
cast their vote:
Bryan township, Bryan school;
Dobson township, courthouse; Elkin
township. North Elkin school; Eldora
township, Eldora school; Franklin
township, Fianklin school; Long Hill
township, Cook's school; Marsh
township, Little Richmond school;
Mount Airy township, Franklin
school; Pilot township, Brown's
Hatchery; Rockford township, Cope
land school; Siloam township, Si
loam school; Shoals township,
Shoals school; Stewart's Creek town
ship, Pine Ridge; Westfield town
ship, Cook's school.
Highest tobacco prices in a num
ber of years were obtained last year
under the AAA, and good prices are
expected this year. It is believed
that a majority of the farmers will
vote for its continuance as regards
tobacco.
FORMER TRAPHILL
GIRL IS KILLED
Is Thrown From Rum
v ble Seat In Water As
Car Hits Bridge
j Miss Evelyn Mae Pruitt, 26-year
old native of Traphill, was fatally
injured Saturday when she was said
to have been thrown from the rum
ble seat of an automobile when it
struck the Donnaha bridge on the
Elkin-Winston-Salem highway, and
teli 40 or 50 feet into the water,
landing on a log. She died short
ly after reaching a hospital.
Miss Pruitt, who lived in Winston-
Salem for the past seven years, was
returning to that city from Trap
hill where she had been to. visit her
people.
The car in which she was riding
was said to have been driven by Troy
Kirby, who lives near Ogburn Sta
tion. It was said the car skidded
near the bridge, a fender hitting the
railing and throwing the girl into
the water. She sustained a fracture
of the skull, a badly broken ankle
and other injuries. *
Five brothers, five sisters and
three half-sisters survive.
MANY ARE ENROLLED
IN SUMMER SCHOOL
64 Teachers Are Regis
tered; Ist Term Ends
July 16th
Enrollment of teachers in the first
term of Catawba College summer
school division at Elkin has gone be
yond last year's registration despite
the keen competition of other col
leges in nearby towns. Sixty-four
teachers have registered, many of
whom are college graduates working
for the life certificate and the high
school principal's certificate. Local
Director Walter Schaff said. All
courses are under strict supervision
of Catawba College authorities, and
the courses offered give both college
and professional credit.
Mr. Schaff has one full-time and
one part-time instructors assisting
in the work. Miss Louise N. Gill,
supervisor of the Shelby public
schools, is full-time assistant, and
Mrs. Walter Schaff, formerly in
l structor of voice at Lenoir-Rhyne
College, is part-time instructor, her
work being in public school music.
The first term closes July 16. Reg
istration for the second term will
take place on July 17.
Children are the best assets of any
community; why not develop them
fully.
Let's not get the Idea that the
«fra is approaching w« can
get something for nothing. M
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